The silver lining is this kid really doesn’t seem cut out for a ‘life of crime’. Truth be told, dad turned out to be every bit as incompetent.
Most fathers bring their family to a place like this so they can learn something about the world around them. Not this dad. He brought his 10yo kid there as an accomplice for a daytime heist.
10-YEAR-OLD ACCOMPLICE: A 31-year-old father is accused of using his 10-year-old son as an accomplice during a burglary at the Mesa Arts Center, but the heist unraveled after the 10-year-old signed his own name in the gallery’s guest book. NEWSMAX Crime Correspondent… pic.twitter.com/wesDjnZHsS
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) August 27, 2026
Jean Zintz, 31, broke into the Mesa Arts Center a week ago, according to a probable cause statement obtained by PEOPLE.
Zintz and his son were captured on surveillance cameras arriving at a parking garage next to the arts center at 1:29 p.m. in a white 2020 Chevrolet Silverado. They then walked around the arts center property and tried to gain access to multiple locked buildings by pulling on exterior doors, according to the probable cause statement.
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Once inside, per the statement, they went to a pair of galleries, where Zintz’s son allegedly took four pieces of jewelry: a sterling silver “Trouble” necklace valued at $2,100, a sterling silver self-portrait bolo valued at $3,000, a sterling silver “Rockstar” bracelet valued at $650 and a “Cheii Rockstar” bracelet valued at $1,600. The items were worth a combined $7,350.
The boy allegedly signed his name in a gallery sign-in book and later wrote his name on artwork he made inside a neighboring art studio, where Zintz allegedly left a stainless-steel cup behind. The next day, on Aug. 20, detectives identified the pair and traced them to Zintz’s parents’ home in Mesa. Zintz had been visiting from Washington state. — People
So, lemme get this straight: Junior left his John Hancock all over the crime scene, and dad went back the very next day to retrive the stainless steel cup he left behind? Seems a stupid thing to have brought on a heist in the first place.
The property was recovered at the place they were staying – including part of a cactus that was stolen, for some reason.
Someone get this book into his hands.
STAT.
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